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Interesting stories from around the world this week!
Here are some interesting stories that caught our attention this week!
Where are the women in Science & Technology? Anwesha Bhattacharjee writes about being the only female in her coaching class for the IIT entrance examination.
CJ’s mom writes a letter to her gender-fluid son’s kindergarten teacher – “I’m sure I seem incredibly high maintenance,” she says, “but please know that I’m never aiming to make your life more difficult, I’m trying to make my son’s life less difficult.”
Think that the pens available in the market are too masculine, too heavy, too difficult for you to use? BIC has created a special line of stationery just for women! Don’t forget to read the hilarious product reviews!
Anindita Sengupta’s talks about her post-pregnancy experience and being a brand new mom.
Why does the news care about what Michelle Obama and Ann Romney are wearing?
And lastly, Robbi Hess advises new entrepreneurs on work-life balance and how to not let your new business take over your life!
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Children should be taught to aspire to be successful, but success doesn't have to mean an IIT admission only!
Imagine studying for 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 whole years for the JEE exam only to find out that there’s only a very, very slim chance of getting into an IIT. It is a fact widely acknowledged that the IIT-JEE is one of the toughest exams not just in India but in the whole world. Apart from IITs, the NITs and IIITs of India also accept the JEE scores for admission. There are said to be a total of 23 IITs, 31 NITs and 25 IIITs across the country.
Now, let’s first get a few facts about the IITs right. First, according to the NIRF rankings of 2023, only 17 IITs rank in the top 50 engineering colleges of India and only a few (around 5) IITs are in the list of the world’s top 100 engineering colleges. Second, the dropout rate of IIT-qualifying students stands at least at 20%, with reasons being cited ranging from academic pressure and unmanageable workload to caste discrimination and high levels of competition within the IIT.
So, it’s quite clear that the journey of making it through IIT is as challenging as the journey of getting into an IIT. Third and most important of all, the acceptance rate or the odds of getting into an IIT are below 3% which is a lot lower than the acceptance rate of highly and very highly ranked US universities. Four, getting into an IIT of one’s choice doesn’t mean one will also get into a branch of one’s preference at that IIT.
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